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RUSSIAN FEDERATION [top]
Russia calls on Asian alliance for support
CNN - 28 Aug 2008 10:31:51 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Rosatom Started Up Chain Reaction
kommersant.com - 28 Aug 2008 09:43:27 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 95%
Steel Market Reeled Back
kommersant.com - 28 Aug 2008 09:43:19 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 95%
COMMENT: The myth of a new Cold War
www.businessneweurope.eu - 28 Aug 2008 09:29:23 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 85%
S.Ossetia says Georgian drone shot down over capital
RIA Novosti - 28 Aug 2008 08:58:34 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Russian warship returns to Crimea base after drills
RIA Novosti - 28 Aug 2008 08:46:20 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Medvedev thanks SCO for its stance on Georgia
rbcnews.com - 28 Aug 2008 08:26:02 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 73%
Siemens in talks with sovereign funds from the Gulf and Russia
FT.com - 28 Aug 2008 03:04:39 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Gazprom opts not to explore Sarmat hydrocarbon area in Dagestan
www.steelguru.com - 28 Aug 2008 02:45:46 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Medvedev looks east for support on Georgia
Reuters - 28 Aug 2008 00:43:51 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
EU Urges Russia to Join WTO
TheMoscowTimes.com - 28 Aug 2008 00:06:20 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
TNK-BP Deal Seen 'In Weeks'
TheMoscowTimes.com - 28 Aug 2008 00:06:00 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Angry With U.S., Moscow Raises Afghan Attack at UN
TheMoscowTimes.com - 28 Aug 2008 00:04:40 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Political Risk Sends Stocks to New Low
TheMoscowTimes.com - 28 Aug 2008 00:04:35 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
UN Says Mines Threaten Georgian Returnees
TheMoscowTimes.com - 28 Aug 2008 00:03:44 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 81%
Putin ratchets up Cold War fears over Black Sea
Times Online - 27 Aug 2008 22:03:20 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Russia to keep recovered Georgian weapons - military prosecutor
RIA Novosti - 27 Aug 2008 17:53:19 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Russia Adds 2 New Countries to Its Map
Russia Profile.org - 27 Aug 2008 17:41:12 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Ossetian War analysis
Russia Profile.org - 27 Aug 2008 17:40:40 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 97%
Russian bear
BBC - 27 Aug 2008 17:16:55 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Russia warns NATO as West fumes over Georgia
AFP - 27 Aug 2008 16:10:13 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Russia Flexes Its Muscles in Mideast
TIME.com - 27 Aug 2008 15:14:41 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
S.Ossetian president confirms intention to host Russian base
RIA Novosti - 27 Aug 2008 14:27:33 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Russia Won't Send More Warships to the Black Sea
kommersant.com - 27 Aug 2008 14:12:52 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%


CAUCASUS [top]

ARMENIA [top]
Former Armenian FM On Turkey's Proposal To Establish Caucasus Platform
www.turkishpress.com - 28 Aug 2008 00:10:23 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
7 Armenian companies list on Armex
ARKA News Agency - 27 Aug 2008 17:59:10 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Armenia at a deadlock after Georgia's breakaway regions recognize independence
ARKA News Agency - 27 Aug 2008 17:59:06 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
MTS to Activate 3g Network in Armenia in 2009
ARKA News Agency - 27 Aug 2008 12:44:25 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Armenia views Russian military bases as cooperation symbol
rbcnews.com - 25 Aug 2008 12:12:17 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Post-Soviet security bloc ends joint drills in Armenia
RIA Novosti - 22 Aug 2008 12:52:40 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Armenia-Ukraine Trade Turnover Expected to Reach $300mln by End of 2008
ARKA News Agency - 22 Aug 2008 09:39:12 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Iran and Armenia highlight energy cooperation
www.steelguru.com - 22 Aug 2008 02:57:21 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%

AZERBAIJAN [top]
Chechen Police Fight With Azeri Nationals
TheMoscowTimes.com - 28 Aug 2008 00:02:50 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
All Quiet on the Southern Front
Russia Profile.org - 27 Aug 2008 18:04:37 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 99%
Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan oil pipeline back to normal operations, BP says
portnews.ru - 26 Aug 2008 10:36:28 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
The talks on a $40 mln loan for construction of Sangachal-Garadagh Oil & Gas Terminal not started
finchannel.com - 26 Aug 2008 09:47:30 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 91%
Gas production on Shah Deniz field in Azerbaijan transferred to a normal mode
finchannel.com - 25 Aug 2008 14:10:31 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Baku became hub for Georgian cargo and express delivery services
portnews.ru - 25 Aug 2008 13:11:39 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
For Jan-Jul 2008 Azerbaijan imported oil products for $52.5 million and exported for $1.297 bn
finchannel.com - 23 Aug 2008 08:54:54 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Azeribaijan oil exports via Iran likely - Report
www.steelguru.com - 23 Aug 2008 02:31:20 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 98%

GEORGIA [top]
Georgia Hesitates to Break off Relations with Russia
kommersant.com - 28 Aug 2008 08:37:58 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 94%
Sarkozy, Medvedev Discuss Georgia
Civil Georgia - 28 Aug 2008 08:07:07 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Council condemns the Russian recognition of Abkhazia and South Ossetia regions of Georgia
NATO official site - 28 Aug 2008 02:19:32 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 99%
U.S. assessing possible military aid to Georgia
Reuters - 28 Aug 2008 01:10:20 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 67%
Theories Swirl About War's Beginning
TheMoscowTimes.com - 28 Aug 2008 00:05:15 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 97%
Senior Official: Russian Troops May Quit Poti Soon
Civil Georgia - 27 Aug 2008 19:24:08 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Georgian Envoy Meets Russian Deputy FM
Civil Georgia - 27 Aug 2008 19:24:07 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Georgia 'Minimizes' Diplomatic Ties with Russia – Deputy FM
Civil Georgia - 27 Aug 2008 17:16:51 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
'Stop Russophobic Music Video' – Ombudsman Tells Georgian TV
Civil Georgia - 27 Aug 2008 17:16:51 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
The West Berlin Of The New Cold War?
rferl.org - 27 Aug 2008 16:16:11 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Russia warns NATO as West fumes over Georgia
AFP - 27 Aug 2008 16:10:13 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Georgia Planned to Capture Abkhazia in 2 Days
kommersant.com - 27 Aug 2008 14:12:49 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 73%
U.S. ship carrying aid docks at Georgian port
International Herald Tribune - 27 Aug 2008 13:24:41 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 37%
Georgia to 'Minimize' Diplomatic Ties with Russia – Minister
Civil Georgia - 27 Aug 2008 10:53:25 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
War rattles Georgia's budding economy
Russia Profile.org - 27 Aug 2008 09:24:05 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 92%
Text: Saakashvili's statement on Russia's action
International Herald Tribune - 27 Aug 2008 08:27:53 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Georgians angry but not shocked at Russian move
Reuters - 27 Aug 2008 02:57:52 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Russia Warns Against Re-Arming Georgia
Civil Georgia - 26 Aug 2008 20:03:49 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Georgia and Kosovo: A Single Intertwined Crisis
Russia Profile.org - 26 Aug 2008 17:47:31 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 80%
Russia recognizes breakaway Georgian enclaves
International Herald Tribune - 26 Aug 2008 16:23:44 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 97%
'Russia will Collapse' – Georgian Minister
Civil Georgia - 26 Aug 2008 15:49:34 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Georgia president claims Russians are now within artillery range of Tbilisi
telegraph.co.uk - 26 Aug 2008 13:36:11 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Georgian president vows to rebuild army
International Herald Tribune - 25 Aug 2008 13:11:28 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 99%
Saakashvili's Account of Events that Led to Conflict
Civil Georgia - 25 Aug 2008 01:41:25 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%


CENTRAL ASIA [top]

KAZAKHSTAN [top]
Kazakhmys profits drop despite commodity boom
telegraph.co.uk - 28 Aug 2008 06:49:16 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Kazakhstan to monitor safety in ArcelorMittal coal mines
www.steelguru.com - 28 Aug 2008 02:39:35 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Kookmin Bank buys 23 percent stake in CenterCredit
news.moneycentral.msn.com - 27 Aug 2008 16:48:50 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 99%
Oil firms' deal with Kazakhs over Kashagan is a temporary reprieve
www.businessneweurope.eu - 27 Aug 2008 09:08:07 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 99%
Asian countries hold CICA ministerial meeting in Kazakhstan
Xinhua - 26 Aug 2008 03:35:58 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Russian, Kazakh Presidents preparing for CSTO meeting
rbcnews.com - 25 Aug 2008 10:35:57 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
ENRC forecasts strong second half performance
www.steelguru.com - 25 Aug 2008 02:48:55 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
TMK-Kaztrubprom Shipments
metalinfo.ru - 22 Aug 2008 11:40:40 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 51%

KYRGYZSTAN [top]
New head of Kyrgyz Drug Trafficking Control Agency appointed
24.kg - 28 Aug 2008 00:54:54 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Kyrgyz Mourn 68 Killed in Air Crash
TheMoscowTimes.com - 28 Aug 2008 00:02:06 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Turk Telekom says bids in Kyrgyztelecom tender
Budapest Business Journal - 27 Aug 2008 14:22:34 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 93%
Turkey will grant military-technical aid to Kyrgyz Armed Forces
kabar.kg - 27 Aug 2008 11:46:44 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Kyrgyzstan bans foreigners in authoritative security agencies. Why only now?
24.kg - 25 Aug 2008 15:21:30 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Kyrgyz plane crash kills 65
Reuters - 25 Aug 2008 03:50:44 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Government announce call for proposals for Issyk-Kul airport reconstruction
24.kg - 22 Aug 2008 18:18:28 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 97%

MONGOLIA [top]
President: Mongolia to maintain stable, good-neighborly, cooperative ties with China
Xinhua - 27 Aug 2008 15:22:29 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Military officials of China, Mongolia discuss regional security, defense issues
Xinhua - 27 Aug 2008 07:46:54 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Mongolia and Bayi Steel strike cooperation deal
www.steelguru.com - 27 Aug 2008 02:50:45 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Coca-Cola Opens US$22 Mln New Plant in Mongolia
flex-news-food.com - 25 Aug 2008 07:34:48 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Mongolia, Monaco sign cooperative deal on culture, environmental protection
Xinhua - 22 Aug 2008 14:08:00 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%

TAJIKISTAN [top]
Improving telecommunications in Tajikistan
ebrd.com - 28 Aug 2008 08:01:32 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
SCO summit opens in Dushanbe
rbcnews.com - 28 Aug 2008 06:49:30 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 90%
China, Tajikistan reach broad consensus
Xinhua - 28 Aug 2008 05:49:22 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
China to build 200 MW of hydroelectric capacity in Tajikistan
www.steelguru.com - 28 Aug 2008 02:47:26 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Chinese, Russian presidents meet in Tajik capital
Xinhua - 27 Aug 2008 12:56:00 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Backgrounder: Key facts about Tajikistan
Xinhua - 26 Aug 2008 13:23:17 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Iran-Tajikistan trade boosting
Irna - 24 Aug 2008 14:37:34 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%

TURKMENISTAN [top]
President's Turkmenistan visit to boost bilateral ties
Xinhua - 28 Aug 2008 05:51:40 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Backgrounder: Key facts about Turkmenistan
Xinhua - 28 Aug 2008 01:11:26 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
First Russian national exhibition opens in Turkmenistan
ITAR-TASS - 28 Aug 2008 00:36:57 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Turkmen president and King of Jordan agree to develop relations
ITAR-TASS - 25 Aug 2008 09:59:57 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Dragon drilling hits new high
www.upstreamonline.com - 25 Aug 2008 07:40:11 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%

UZBEKISTAN [top]
Korean Air inaugurates regional hub in Uzbekistan
uzreport.com - 28 Aug 2008 06:36:12 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Korean Air launches Uzbekistan cargo run
uzreport.com - 28 Aug 2008 06:36:10 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
President of Uzbekistan leaves for Dushanbe
UzA - 27 Aug 2008 16:48:25 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Uzbek, Afghan official discuss cooperation in railway transportation
uzreport.com - 27 Aug 2008 15:56:34 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Ipak Yuli Bank joins Migom remittance system
uzreport.com - 27 Aug 2008 15:13:51 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Exim Bank of India extends US$10-mn LoC to Uzbekistan bank
uzreport.com - 26 Aug 2008 16:15:14 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
KVARTZ JSC chooses Beeline as mobile service provider
uzreport.com - 26 Aug 2008 10:37:48 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
Vietnamese Deputy PM inks cooperation agreement with Uzbekistan
uzreport.com - 25 Aug 2008 05:18:25 GMT -  [cached] : Relevance 100%
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